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Standard Essential Patents
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China Law Insight
Protection of Standard-Related Patents — Analysis of a Dispute Between Sihuan Pharm and Qilu Pharmaceutical
By King & Wood
By Li Zhongsheng and Song Xinyue King & Wood Mallesons' IP group. In January 2017, Beijing Sihuan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (“Sihuan Pharm”), represented by a King & Wood Mallesons’ IP…
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Judge Gilstrap permits damages expert testimony that litigated FRAND royalty should be higher than comparable license’s FRAND royalty that was skewed low by litigation risk discount (St Lawrence v. ZTE)
By David Long
Judge Gilstrap recently ruled that certain challenges to a damages expert's testimony went toward the weight a jury could give that testimony, rather than whether the testimony should be admitted. Specific…
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Judge Payne rules patent owner may bring case seeking a declaration that it has not breached FRAND commitments (Huawei v. T-Mobile)
By David Long
Magistrate Judge Payne recently ruled against prospective licensee T-Mobile's motion to dismiss patent owner Huawei's Declaratory Judgment Complaint that seeks a declaration that Huawei complied with its FRAND commitments to ETSI regarding…
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Korea FTC proposes sanctions against Qualcomm’s SEP licensing practices
By David Long
The Korea Fair Trade Commission ("KFTC") recently issued a press release stating its intent to issue a written decision that will impose an $865 Million sanctions and a corrective order…
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Court denies Apple’s equitable defense that was premised on failure to disclose patent applications to a standards body (Core Wireless v. Apple)
By David Long
Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins recently denied Apple's equitable defense that sought to hold a Core Wireless standard essential patent unenforceable because the prior patent owner Nokia allegedly failed to timely…
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Jury awards Core Wireless $7.3 Million lump sum for Apple’s infringement of two SEPs (Core Wireless v. Apple)
By David Long
Today, a Northern District of California jury in a trial before Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins entered a Verdict finding that Apple infringed two patents alleged essential to ETSI and…
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Judge Gilstrap enhances damages for willful infringement of SEPs (Core Wireless v. LG)
By David Long
Judge Gilstrap recently entered Final Judgment that included a 20% enhancement of damages based on a Jury Verdict that LG willfully infringed two patents that patent owner Core Wireless alleged to be…
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ITC denies request for early, separate consideration of SEP issues (Rockwell v. 3S Inv. 337-TA-1020)
By David Long
The U.S. International Trade Commission ("ITC") recently denied a respondents request to use the Early Disposition Pilot Program to address "whether the asserted patents are standards-essential and are encumbered by mandatory licensing…
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Judge Gilstrap rejects SEP-based arguments to set aside jury infringement and damages verdict (Genband v. Metaswitch)
By David Long
At the same time that Judge Gilstrap recently entered his bench trial ruling that rejected Metaswitch's standards-based equitable defenses (see our Oct. 2, 2016 post), he also entered an Order that…
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Judge Gilstrap rejects Metaswitch’s SEP defenses based on Nortel participation in CableLabs, IETF and ITU standards bodies (Genband v. Metaswitch)
By David Long
Judge Gilstrap recently entered an Order that rejected various defenses raised by Metaswitch based on the prior patent owner's (Nortel) activities in standards organizations CableLabs, the Internet Engineering Task Force ("IETF") and…